somethingpronoun
uk/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/us/ˈsʌm.θɪŋ/A1 an object, situation, quality, or action that is not exactly known or stated:
There's something sharp in my shoe.
Something in the cupboard smells weird.
We thought there was something wrong because we hadn't heard from you.
There's something wrong with the engine - it's making strange noises.
Something's happened to upset him but we don't know what it is.
I heard something worrying at work this morning.
Is there something you'd like to say?
Don't just stand there, do something.
There's just something strange about him.
Note:
- Something is not usually used in negatives and questions.
a thing for which you are grateful, especially because an unpleasant thing has also happened:
We were given five hundred pounds in compensation which isn't much but at least it's something.
More examples
- I saw something move out of the corner of my eye.
- She seems to wear something different every day.
- There's something special about him.
- She leaned over and whispered something in his ear.
- If it doesn't work, try something else.
Thesaurus: synonyms and related words
Something, anything, nothing, and everything
- across-the-board
- anything
- aught
- bazillion
- bugger
- fresh
- nil
- none
- not a dicky bird idiom
- not a sausage idiom
- nothing
- nowt
- sweet
- the whole bit idiom
- the whole lot idiom
- what with one thing and another idiom
- whit
- zero
- zilch
- zip
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Idiom(s)
be (really) something
be something of a sth
be/have something to do with sth
have got something there
have something going with sb
or something (like that)
something a little stronger
something else
something for nothing
something like
something like 96 percent, half, etc.
there's something in sth